BlockSwanwick, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Swanwick precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62237. It lies near Grande Cote Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Coulterville quadrangle. It stands 571 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1914 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Swanwick: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchler Shale Drill Hole | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Mud Creek Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swanwick in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Swanwick | $250,000 | A house along Beaucoup Creek near the Pinckneyville-Du Quoin Airport flooded. Water in the basement rose to within three inches of the floor joists. Four feet of water filled an adjacent barn. The mortar was washed out of the foundation blocks. The family used a boat to access the house. Numerous basements were flooded around the county, including more than 100 in Du Quoin alone. Sump pumps and shop vacs were sold out at many stores. Several roads were closed in Du Quoin. An intersection was closed by flooding in Du Quoin. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swanwick | $3,000 | A large tree was down three miles south of Swanwick. Large tree limbs were down on Illinois Route 13 several miles southeast of Swanwick. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Swanwick | - | Several roads were closed and under water. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Swanwick | - | A funnel cloud briefly touched down in farm fields. The weak, short-lived tornado was videotaped by a storm chaser. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Swanwick | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Swanwick | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winkle | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Layfield | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Jamestown | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rice | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Conant | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Todds Mill | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cutler | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pinckneyville | 10.2 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Swanwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7653768 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 419467. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.